Treatment Of Squamous Cell Carcinomas In Head And Neck With Bleomycin And With Combined Bleomycin And X-Rays

Abstract

The choice of therapy for patients with squamous cell carcinoma will depend of the histology of the tumour, its extent and localization. X-rays and surgery, alone and combined, are well established methods by which elimination of the tumour may be achieved. With a new therapeutical approach, combining bleomycin and X-rays, a possible synergistic effect has been obtained. It has in itself given surprisingly good results and when used as a pre-operative treatment it offers possibilities of making an increased number of otherwise inoperable cases surgically accessible.